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Coarges On Public Debt Reads
Enormous Sum in Life
of Country
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Washington, March IS.?The United
States government has spent more
than $11,000,000,000 for the use of
other people's money since 1771, ac
cording to figures obtained at the
treasury recently. . -?
Interest charges on the public debt,
which reached a maximum of $1,055,
088,000 in 1923, will be approximately
$730,000,000 this year. They will de
cline progressively as the public debt
is retired. . *
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
holds that among the most important
objectives in'the government's econo
my campaign is the orderly retirement
of the debt to save enormous interest
? costs.
The World War was responsible
for more than half .of the interest
paid out in the history of the govern
ment. About half of the total interest
fell due between 1920 and 1926.
In but two years, 1836 and 1837,
was the government out of the hole,
no interest having been charged up
during that period. Interest averagr
about $5,000,000 annually from 1771
to 1800 when it jumped to $133,000,- j
000 as a result of the Civil War costs. |
The last annual interest.payment be
fore the World War amounted to $22,
000,000.- - '
In the campaign to reduce govern
ment costs the treasury hopes to cut
the public debt about. $5,000,000,000
prior to 1930. That reduction would
represent a saving in interest of about
$200,000,000 a year.
Approximately $6,132,000,000 of the
outstanding public debt matures be
fore November 1st, 1930. It must be
retired during that period. New is
sues at lower interest rates are ex
pected to replace that part of the debc
which cannot he retired.
announce a new bond issue to taae;
care of a portion of the maturities: |
Other blocks of bonds are due in June,
September and December. ^
Careless American investors are
losing- nearly $1,000,000 annually as a
result of failure to cash government:
securities valued, at $11,680,000 upon
which interest has ceased.
During the year ending March 1st, *
the public debt was reduced $714,561,- ^
?72, and $6,320,449,000 since the peak
of indebtedness of over $26,000,000,000
August 31,1?19.
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H. E. and Mfs. Perry Bound
Over lo Superior Court on
51,590 Bend
Raleigh, Mar it-?H. E. Perry and
wife were each placed "under $500
bond in Wake Forest yesterday to ap
pear in the next term of the Wake
'AA County Superior Court for assault on
Miss Blanche Lewis, a school teacher,
employed in the Mitchell' Mill school.
" The alleged assault was supposed to
5 have come about as the result of Mtes
Lewis chastising the child of Mr. and
Mr. Perry,
.'. .*??? Miss Lewis is also said to have been
usable- tonresume teaching since last
.Friday when the incident occurred.
She is now in Wake Forest at the
home of friends. {G. L. Perry, at
, j whose home Miss Lewis resided, was
;jl a witness for the State. ,
Tue case was tried before Mayor A.
Davis of Wake Forest, and is. ex
pec ted t? be brought up at the next
term of court which convenes April 5.
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MSx~"B11,J Ittir the great Arma
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B Fw: ;>. ?? -Mr m ^
Big Bill Edwards, former Prince
ton football star is . now czar of
the "Red" Grange, professional
league, which sought his services
as a guiding influence similar to
that which Landis exerts over base
ball.
An Evening
of Music Etc.
At Christian Church on Sunday
March 28th. By the Violin
Ensemble of E. C. T. C.
At the Christian church 7:45 p. pi.
Sunday, March 28th, the Violin En
sejnble of the East Carolina Teachers',
College will offer a full program. A
privilege no one can afford to miss, a
treat indeed.
The program is as follows:
1?Prelude, "My Sweet Repose", by
Schubert.
2?a?"Savior Like a Shepherd Lead
Us".
-b?"Now The Day Is Over,,,
-c?"Martin Luther's Hymn.,,
Violin Ensemble.
3?Scripture and Prayer.
4?"Angels Serenade", by Braga,
violin solo, Jean Morton.
5?Air from Judas Macabeus, by
Handle.
Air fropj Tigaro's Wedding; by
Mozart.
Confidence by Mendelssohn.
Violin Ensemble.
? Fnndie S'cott. L
I- Catherine Grantham, Soprano. ^
I 7?Romance, Pappini, Violin Solo,
By Jennette Wedmore.
I 8?To A Wild Rose, by MacDowell.
I ?One Fleeting Hour by Lee.
B Violin Ensemble.
I Violins?Miss Lois V. Gorrell, Miss i
Reuiah Westmoreland, Miss Jennette
Bvedmore, Miss Jean Morton. ?- s*f.
I Soprano, Miss Catherine GrSntham.
Mim Dora Mead at the Piano.
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BvfAKE COW PAT YOU WAGES,
I ADVICE TO N. CAR. FARMERS
I Hov,; o*make the cow pay you
Bwages on a bigger scale to make a
Rigger profit is explained in a bul
letin issued recently for the benefit of
BNorth Carolina farmers by the Lar
Browe Institute of Animal Economic^
?To ascertain exactly the hourly wage
Beach cow is paying for the labor and!
Bcare expended on her, just deduct the IB
? total expenditures from the total re-1
?ceipts of each cow and divide the diff-1
lerence by the number of hours of
?labor expended on her during the year.
On one of four neighboring farms I
?where careful records had been kept ?
? it was brought to light that not only I
?did the farmer receive no wages fori
I the time spent on his cows, but thai I
Bit actually cost him 12 emits an hour fl
Beach to have them hang around his !
B place. In the other three instances,
B the farmers were paid at the rate of B
? 5, 42 and 48 cents per hour for the B
cows. The two lots qpeijfrs bringing fl
| home the fattest pay envelops wereB
I the right kind of feed and better care I
?would hate done much, toward making!
I the others profitable employees. The!
I amount of "rift: produced annually by!
I each of the cows was found to have afl
direct relation to the number of hours
of labor and the care .which. they re
1 It is A costly enor ^r tlte ^rmer
SHSSS'S!
> members of nig;.- **sa ii{
MARCH 25
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Trip for Purpose of Advertising
The Eastern Carolina Ex
position'Held in April
-Greenville, March 18.?If you want
to help boost the Eastern Carolina
Exposition and Pitt county, make your
plans to go on the Booster Trip Thurs
day, March 25th. We want 100 auto
mobiles from .Greenville, Farmville
Ayden, Bethel, Winterville, Grifton,
and the other towns in Pitt county tb
go on this trip, and five or more peo
ple in each car. If you are interested
in the growth of your town and the
county, you should take a day off for
this trip. Trips have been planned
to take in all the towns within a radi
ous of 190 miles. Plenty of advertis
ing matter will be furnished to leave
in every town, telling the people about
the Exposition. The more people we
reach the more will visit'the Exposi
tion.
- The biggest program yet planned
has been worked out for the Exposi
I tkra this year and we should tell the
people about it so they can come arid
enjoy it The Booster Trip1 will last
only one day. Cars will leave at 8:$>
in the morning and cover a trip that
will bring them back home by 6 p. m.
It will be a fine outing for anyone
who will go, and the trip will not $e
a success unless people who have cafca
will use them. ?
AH those who will burnish cars for
this Booster Trip will, please notify,
fne, telephone 308 or 151, or P. O. box
460, just as" soon as possible. You
can plan your own party or. advise !
and a party will be made up for you.
Of course, this means the ladies, toe,;
who have cars, and that the ladies ;
will be expected to go. Be sure to
advise me as soon as possible how
many cars you will furnish.
i. B, KITTRELU ;
- Chairman Booster Trip Com.
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or the year % fcf
>00,000 Kr the rflDlS. ]
These statistical facts are compiled i
,'rom tbeofflfial record? of govern*
nent, by the National industrial ^Jjcn- 1
feence Board.
"A more'vital fact is also shown in >'
;he decrease of $285,000,000 or 10.6
per cent, in federal expenditures for
1924, while state and local govern
ments increased their expense by
$?192,000,000, or 7.6 per cent.
In spite of the large reductions pos- ?
sible by the federal government in
loppipg off war expenditures, due to ;
state and local extravagance there
was a net increase for 1924 of $1jP9,?
000,000, tti'
High xost of government contrib
the high cost pf Living generally. ~ ?t j
In the practice of greater economy
in the cost of government the begin
ning must be at the top, working
downward?rather than at the bott&n
working upward,
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lRcome Tax Returns are Pouring
into tfcc Department ot I
? ooL?j Min.
is the convention city^^Nortii Caro
lina dollars.,. They ai^Vstiii arming
faj this city/by the millions as income
tax payments, Th*' ^irth Carolina
Departtnent stiH some
is too wealthy to know-just how much
he is worth. The. Department does
not know exaetly hort; much money
has come into the offiee?as huge piles
of letters continue, to Arrive and are
still unopened. An innfbase of 25 per
cent over'last year however is- pre
dicted by the Revenue ^Commissioner,
Mr, Doughton, and tfcs in part at
least is a reflection of The increase in
state income tax
With ^1,410,000 xd^ctefl Monday,
approximately $1,O2O,1$0 received on
Tuesday up to one oreiock and more
than a million collected during the
flrst 15 days of this^teontb, the col
lections are equ?l to pr ahead of the
income tax^coUectionsyjf March 1925,
which filightiy exceed?P $3,000,000.
There are stffl inbffl* letters to be
received, as those ppsqparked no later
than midnight are con
sidered on time ?nany
tax payers have^,hiynKfanted exten
The federal are pouring
In at a papitf' ^^i*piiUion and a
half vr&s Collector Gil
liam Grissom's -ofle#- yesterday, he
said, and more than; $2,000,000 has
come in $
we have
granted not less than 10,000 exten
sions," Mr. Grissojftiiaid. "It looks
income tax coHectioJs will hold up
very well and perhajft be as meat us
last year." North Carolina tax col
md after s^ral mteresting progres
sions, Mrs. C. C. Safctarfield was ?
warded a lovely embroidered guest
towel for top score, t '2
1 Invited guests for the afternoon
were Mesdames J. G. Spencer, Di R.
Morgan, R. .0. Lang and Mrs. C. C.
Satterfield, of ^Richmond, Va.
Mrs. J, ^VJi&merwreisted by Mis.
W. D. Bryon nnd Mrs. W. J. Newton,
served a delicious salad course with
hot tea.
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>.? CABD OJ5SIA!NKS ;
; This is to thank a# m,Maids who
helped me'in The Enterprise contest.
And ^though I failed t? win pne of
-the twrnty' per ceit* i^nimission
j"Again, let me thfuijr; of Wu. 1,1
gj*T> ..1 'hi uUu .tin . a;j ,1
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Attorneys Say Co-op Dissolotios
Suit to Take Several Days
Set for March 29th
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* Raleigh, March 17.?United State
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States Judge I, M. Meekins last nigh
ordered the hearing on the applica
tion of five Virginia farmers for i
receivership for the "Tobacco Growers
Co-operative Association set at Ral
eigh on Monday^ March 23th, insteac
of at Fayetteville on March 22. .The
action was taken after attorneys foi
both bides, who appeared before or
the question of papers and records tc
be furnished the plaintiffs, had agreed
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that the hearing will consume two or
three days.
Both sides expressed eagerness for
an early hearing in what is conceded
to be the most sweeping litigation in
which the association has yet been in
volved in the four turbulent years of
its history. However, Judge Meekins
stated that he could - be assured of
time for lengthy hearing during the
week of the Fayetteville term.
T shall move the case to Raleigh
and you may have the whole week, if
you desire it," stated the court.
The piaintifrs through their counsel^
Judge J. Loyd Horton and former
State Senator, WilCy M. Person, last
night presented an order directing cer
tain information, the specifications, of
which exhausted the alphabet and
made went as far 'as "c" on the second
series. Judge Horton agreed that fin
affidavit that it would be phygicaHy
impossible to furnish any particular
item in the order would relieve the
association, us to that item and Colonel
W. .T. Joyner, representing the asso
ciation, agreed to open the books of
the company for inspection and to
furn^.'evetyth&g possible called for
in the order. . ?-> -
Ur.^^MhiAULCha.rgefi.
Under the mottffied t>rdejf signed;
cessible in ihe report-^ the Federal !
Trado Commission sharp!? criticising ?:
the management of the asscdatlgh
and in the exhibits filed" in the appli- A
cation of Senator Person for a re- i
ceivership in the State courts, which
was denied by Judge T, H. Calvert.
At the hearing last night, which re
sulted Ihia naodified consent order, it
was Indipated that the plaintiffs will
stress the charge that the organiza
tion committee was guilt? of a legal ,
fraud when,-^proclaimed in 1922 that
more than 5fi per cent of the crop hi
the three; states of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia had been
'.Charges of graft ani reckless ex-r
travagance in the payment of salaries
and attorneys' fees and in the redry
ing of tobacco by officers of-the asso
ciation will also be pressed, it w$s *j[
'dicated. . >
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"Golden Anniversary'*
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I Rev Dr. S Parkes Cadman hat
, been pastor of the' Central' Congre
gational Church in Brooklyn for 26
? years. The anniversary event was
t celebrated with a great ovation.
President Coolidge sent congratoie
' tions: Hie congregation presented
It Dr Cadman with a purse of 126,
I 000, a thousand dollars tor_ every
year of service.
Will Be at Greenville April
During Week of Eastern
Carolina Exposition
Will Rogers and the DeReszke Sing- '
era will be at Greenville April 5th,
during the week, of the Eastern Caro
lina Exposition, two performances, <
[ Matinee 3:30; Evening 6:30. j
"American men enjoy an opera *
about as much as they would an op- I
eration" said Mary Garden in a recent I
interview. Charles HL^; Wagner, the <
well knowij American concert mana- I
gev's opinion of the business man's i
relation to music in this country was
rathet like Miss Garden's. At Jth? t
beginning of this season after he had. t
announced the present tour of Will i
Eogew .he _sa?d "The combination of I
WiU Rogera and the De Reszke Sing- s
ers may shock the lady with a busy s
M&M ***** her?HKI
This combing
tien of Rogers and the De. Hesrte, <
Singers has proved a novel as well as'.
a highly successful combination. At ,
the end of his present tour Rogers
will have visited practically every
state in the United- States. Few
statesmen or politicians know the
country as he knows it And he
knows it from the people themselves,
from meeting them in their homer, in
drug stores and about town. He
knows their viewpoint on affairs of
the country in a way that can only
cotoe through talking with people in
dividually- Rogers is one of the most
companionable men in the world. Be
can "grasp and see through polities!
situations because of his instinctive
knowledge of human nature.
Nq wonder that when he goes to
Washington "Calvin Coolidge invites
him to the White House.
CREPE MYRTLE AVENUE,
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\ Recently several hundred crepe
! myrtle trees were planted on the side
1 walks in Raleigh. At Winston-Salem
thousands have been set out. Monroe,
Gastonia and other towns aa mttniei
|aUUee are doing likewise. Hundreds
Sf^jdj^e-owners ate thus adorning
their premises. The soil and climate
ire admirably adapted to these flower*
ihg trees and nothing is quite so beau
tiful. They should be adopted as tbf
State's decorative tree
tinctly Southern. There should be *
Nfyrtle avenue aH.tfcjfovay from
Moreheud'* if Murphy. Urging that
Farmer say?: f- -W, . *
If any reader cannot buy crepe
myrfe plants, properly rooted, or
^SSShem from neighbors, let
^Mm tryvftiffplftn: Cut small crepe;]
mrytle brandies 18 to A4 inches
; Make a long slanting knife
Bttfaaasafi
in moist, rich earth. Put the J
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The Famous Soprano -Who Will
Appear in Recital at East
ern Carolina Exposition
The presence of native singers,
trained only in America, is now com
mon in our concert halls and opera
houses, but the distinction of being
the very' first to win recognition be
longs to Anna Case, the famous so
prano who will appear in song recital
at Greenville, April 6th, during the
Eastern Carolina Exposition
Facing the stern tradition that for
I eign training was necessary, aha tri
umphed over all obstacles, becoming
'one of the foremost singers of bar
time, and showing the way for Ameri
cans to follow to artistic soeeeaa. Our
country's singers are now welcome in
any organization, both in America and
Europe, but it was the art of Anna
Case that swept away much of that
prejudice and opposition. once so
strong. In her rapid rise to musical
fame, she seems to embody the spirit
of America, because the essential flea
tors In the development of bar career
were determination, intellect, ambi
tion and perseverence, those qualities
we like to think typically our own.
A rarely beautiful woman with ?
really beautiful voice, Miss Case has
become much soughi-for artist thru
out the country. .Her grace, eharm,
and personality erhance the luscious
tones of her clear soprano voice. Ham
flowers delight the senses more in a
carved vase, famous paintings seem
more true In artistic frames, and tic*
iplisite singing is likewise mort low
ly when coming forth from & baautt
Eui creature. And when the votes la
if such clarity and tone aa that of
Hiss Case, the effect on her hcaxacs
a irresistable.
Not only in sustained passages of
he lyric's; emotion and pathoe,
he florid brilliance of the coloratura's
uns and passages is her are petfact -
fer techinqoe is _ad*P*te * '#
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| Kiniton, Jl?ch 47?Tha full
I gram for the Haatirn Carolina Rxp?>?
?sitfon,^ be held ?s 4*0
15th tdlflth, has been issued fWm tha , ?
I offices of the sectional CHwafor if
[ Commerce here. TbeindnatrW shew
viil be opened the ifterobon of M?o
? day, the 5th, -with a parAde at tbt M
? of which wni ride Governor Asgiair.
I McLean. Cash tfriteb will ba
I for the best floats fe the parade.
I Mayor D. M- Clark, of GveMOe;
I jrohn W. Holmes, of Farm*i&, ptferf
I dent of the Chamber of Comnietea,
I and Governor McLean will be speak
[art lh the exposition bnllding follow
ing the parade.
Monday evening's bill will ftfcttt*
I a toijcert by a nationally kndbna or
chestra, the presentation of "fiMMff
women competing lit two beauty coo
| ^ of ^ Wfil B^paraw
p'irti cip 2. tingffyfJltBw ~'jrsHHfcgfl
becutiful diamond ring.
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